Colony size, cell number, carbon and nitrogen contents of Phaeocystis pouchetii from western Norway

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 359-367

  Verity, Peter G ^a   Whipple, S J ^a   Nejstgaard, J C ^b   Alderkamp, A C ^c,d  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COLONY; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; MESOCOSM; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

PHAEOCYSTIS; PHAEOCYSTIS POUCHETII;

EID: 34548423124     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbm021     Document Type: Article

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